Joseph Brabender’s Legal Cases

$50,000 Policy Limits Settlement in Auto Accident

Practice Area:

Personal injury

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Young man was passenger in an automobile which disobeyed a traffic signal and was hit by another vehicle. The young man suffered lacerations to the face and an eye injury. Plaintiff's counsel negotiated a policy limits settlement on behalf of the injured passenger.

Confidential Settlement in Canoe Rental Drowning

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel secured a settlement on behalf of an individual that drowned while using a rental canoe. Plaintiff alleged that canoe rental owner knew decedent was drinking under-age and attempted to cover up the liquor consumption prior to calling emergency services.

$20,0000 Policy Limits Settlement

Practice Area:

Personal injury

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Young girl was hit by a car resulting in a broken leg. Plaintiff's counsel secured a settlement for defendant's entire insurance policy.

Confidential Settlement in Railroad Death

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel secured a settlement for the family of a young woman who was killed while working in a railroad switch-yard.

Confidential settlement in River Drowning

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel negotiated a settlement in a case where a young man drowned in the Fox River while attempting to rescue his friends from drowning.

Confidential Settlement in Police Shooting

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel negotiated a six-figure settlement in a case where a teenage was shot without justification by a suburban police officer.

Six-Figure Settlement in Automobile Accident

Practice Area:

Personal injury

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel negotiated a six-figure settlement for a young pedestrian injured by a two automobile collision in Chicago.

$100,000 Policy Limit Settlement in Auto Accident

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel negotiated a $100,000 settlement in a case where the passenger of a car was killed when the driver drove off the interstate, flipping the car.

Seven Figure Settlement in Auto Accident

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Plaintiff's counsel secured a seven figure settlement in a case where a pedestrian was truck and killed by a commercial vehicle.

$3,000,000+ Products Liability Settlement

Practice Area:

Wrongful death

Outcome:

Settlement for Plaintiff

Description:

Wrongful death of a worker in a products liability matter. Plaintiff's counsel analyzed complex mechanical systems convincing Defendants' counsel that a jury could be educated on the defendant's fault in causing the death of a young worker.